Johannes Friedrich Miescher

1844 - 1895

Friedrich Miescher was a Swiss biologist who pioneered work on isolating DNA from white blood cells. His discoveries, and the ingenious techniques he developed, led to the eventual identification of DNA as being the carriers of inheritance.

Nationality

Swiss

Subject

Biology, medicine

Fields

nucleic acid, physiological chemistry

Theories

Pioneer of the idea that nucleic acid was involved in inheritance of characteristics.

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We are like tennant famers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature's inexhaustible sources of energy - sun, wind and tide. I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.